Chapter 400
This monk and a layman who came from Muzhou, Jiangnan, turned out to be an acquaintance of Ji Yi and Mo Niangzi. The monk's name is Jingming, a somewhat thin middle-aged monk wearing a white monk's robe, with a solemn facial features and a long beard, and he looked like a Taoist monk.
The young man dressed in a layman is the apprentice of Monk Jingming. He is burly and majestic, with a lion's nose and wide mouth, his eyes are like copper bells, bright and bright, and he also has a beard, like a martial artist who can fight with truth and goodness. The young man's surname is Fang, and his single name is a wax character.
That's right, it's called Fang La!
It was the Lord Fang La who launched a vigorous Manichaeism uprising in history and let the Song army suppress it and became a martyr after less than a year of fun.
But now he is not the Lord of the Holy Lord, the current Lord of the Holy Lord is Jingming, the old monk who is with him. Moreover, he has never thought about creating a rebellion for the Song Dynasty. His purpose of traveling thousands of miles to Kaifeng Prefecture with his master Jingming was not to subvert the feudalist country of the Song Dynasty, but to a letter from Mo Niangzi.
Madam Mo is also a saint of Manichaeism! Although she is a little unemployed now, she has not apostate and has not lost her identity as a saint. For this reason, she has always been a guardian.
As the saint of Manichaeism, Madam Mo naturally always wants to let Manichaeism see the light of day again, and transform from a shameful underground sect to a legal religion that is open and magnificent.
The establishment of Jiehe Market made her see the possibility of legalization of Manichaeism.
The "Republic Cultivation Treaty" of Jiehe Shang City stipulates that all religions are equal... Since all religions are equal, then Manichaeism can naturally set up temples in Jiehe Shang City.
In addition, when Ji Yi was in Liao, she also met the Uighurs who believed in Manichaeism in Liao Kingdom. This also let Mo Niang know about the news that there were Manichaeism activities in the Western Regions. This also strengthened her confidence in reopening Manichae temples in Jiehe... Jiehe Market is preparing to become the starting point of the Silk Road on the land!
At that time, there will definitely be Uighur merchants who believe in Manichaeism. The Manichae temples in Jiehe can not only become their spiritual sustenance, but also make the Manichae temples in Jiehe become the center of the East and West branches of Manichaeism.
Maybe it can be based on this to rebuild the Manichae Church in Jiehe Shang City!
Only with the Holy See, Manichaeism can it be carried forward again... The Manichaeism organization is a bit similar to Christianity, with a Holy See's sub-diges, but now it has become a mess.
In addition, Mo Niangzi also knew that Jiehe Commercial City would definitely become a place where thousands of merchants gathered in the future, and there were considerable business opportunities.
Therefore, she also wanted to transfer most of the Manichaeism teachings and stores the Jiehe Market, which is both safe and has many investment opportunities.
In the inner city of Kaifeng Prefecture, the East Crossroads. Mo Niang, who was about to transfer the commission collected in a "secret singing transaction" in the early morning to the Pan family's gold, silver, silk and silk store to store, suddenly heard someone calling her name.
"Miss Mo, is Madam Mo in front of me?"
Madam Mo has long been accustomed to this kind of life wherever she goes, wherever she can meet "fans", so she turned around gracefully with a charming smile on her face, but when she saw the person who called her name, she was stunned.
I saw a Confucian scholar dressed as a man wearing a few white bearded men wearing brown robes and white cloth wrapped around his head. When he got closer, Mo Madam recognized that the Confucian scholar was Bai Siwen, the young master of the Quanzhou Aladdin Chamber of Commerce.
In Jiangnan, Bai Siwen often represented the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce to Pingjiang, Mingzhou Tongji Family, and some Manichaean Selection families to do business Manichaean clerks. Most of the selected people in Mo Niangzi's group came from more than a dozen Persian exile families. Of course, they also had their own business, mainly engaged in shipbuilding and the counterfeiting of various Persian crafts (that is, counterfeit Persian crafts, mainly Persian carpets and gold and silverware). Therefore, there were many business dealings with the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce, which sold real Persian crafts.
Well, those who sell fake goods need real goods as reference, while those who sell real goods need to buy some fake goods at a low cost...
However, the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce did not have any business in Kaifeng Prefecture, because the "foreign goods" in Kaifeng Prefecture were monopolized by the eight Jewish families (the Han surnames of the eight Jewish families were granted by Emperor Taizong of Song) and there was no share of the Tianfang Cult merchants.
"Bai Xiaoyi, why did you arrive in Kaifeng Prefecture? Are you here to take the imperial examination?"
The reason why Madam Mo asked this question was because she knew that although Bai Siwen was a Tianfang scholar, she had studied Confucianism and had participated in the Quanzhou Fajie Examination.
"It's Madam Mo."
Bai Siwen walked forward with a smile, bowed his hands and sang a fat look, "I just saw your back from a distance, and I looked familiar, but I dared not recognize each other. I haven't seen each other these days, and Madam Mo is really different. This rich and noble spirit is hundreds of times stronger."
"Brother Xiao Yi is so embarrassed."
Madam Mo blushed a little when he said it.
She is really a rich woman now, and her value has long exceeded 100,000 yuan! She is no longer like a Manichae saint who practices asceticism.
"I'm here to do business in Kaifeng Prefecture." Bai Siwen said with a smile, "Miss Mo should recognize the official of the Wuda Army, the great boss of Christie's,? I've heard of it in Quanzhou. You are now working for this Wuda Army, right?"
"Are you looking for a military official from the Wu Dynasty?" Mo Niangzi was stunned, "What are your interactions with the military official from the Wu Dynasty?"
"We met in Haizhou two years ago." Bai Siwen smiled, "At that time, the official from the Wuhan University had ordered several Gulam war slaves, Persian female slaves, and Big Food BMWs.
For this transaction, I traveled thousands of miles to Baghdad."
"Oh, is that?"
Madam Mo showed a surprised expression.
It’s not because Bai Siwen said that he went to Baghdad, Madam Mo knew that he was bragging. How could Wu Haogu be qualified to work for the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce two years ago really do it? The contract signed by Bai Siwen and Wu Haogu in Haizhou is actually similar to waste paper. The only one that can be fulfilled is a Persian female slave.
Selling female slaves is the main business of the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce. Bai Siwen can find a reason to shirke other things.
However, Wu Haogu wanted to invite Gulam to fight slaves two years ago and buy a big-food BMW, which surprised Madam Mo.
Could it be that Wu Haogu, two years ago, was making a military arrangement for Jiehe Commercial City?
"Bai Xiaoyi, have you brought Gulam war slaves and Dashima to Kaifeng Mansion?" As Madam Mo spoke, he looked at the old men who followed Bai Siwen. They were all burly guys with gloomy temperament, and they looked a bit like the thugs of Dashima Maritime Merchant!
"The Great BMW is still in Quanzhou, but it brings several retired Gulam fighters."
In fact, Dashi BMW is still in India! Bai Siwen didn't want to fully fulfill the contract signed with Wu Haogu. It was not until he met Mo Niangzi's photo album in Quanzhou, learned that Wu Haogu became a big bull, and heard about Jiehe Commercial City that he decided to make good friends.
So I hired several retired naval troops in Quanzhou, and they were actually the head of the Dashi Marine Merchant. I also sent people to Tianzhu to buy Mawari horses as Dashi Marine Horses. The Mawari horses in Tianzhu are hybrids of Arabian horses and Turkmen horses, and are also quite good horse breeds.
Now that Mawarima has not been bought, Bai Siwen brought four fake Gulams to Kaifeng Mansion first.
"It just so happens that my family is about to meet the official of Wuda. Brother Xiao Yi might as well go with the slave."
Madam Mo glanced at the four old men with tanned skin, and knew that they were soldiers on the water, but they didn't point it out. She also invited Bai Siwen to go to the Lihua Villa outside the Kaifeng Prefecture City of Wuhaogu.
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When Mo Niangzi brought Bai Siwen and others to the Lihua Villa, Wu Haogu was looking through the first issue of a newly printed magazine "Wenquxing".
In addition to the plain-sentence portraits of the top ten Jinshi (literary Jinshi) in the imperial examination this year, there are also the "theory" and "countermeasures" they wrote in the Ministry of Rites examination and some poetry works.
Of course, tricks are indispensable!
Of course, this trick has nothing to do with the beauty. Wenquxing magazine mainly faces scholars all over the world, and there is no age limit. It is better not to let the courtesans in Kaifeng Prefecture ruin the mood of scholars. In addition, since Wenquxing magazine will be published nationwide in the Song Dynasty, the tricks are also divided into regions. The "Wenquxing" magazine published in different regions will be accompanied by different versions of tricks.
However, there are some tricks that will be printed on all versions at the same time, such as a trick that recommends the tribute Yunwu Tea.
Yunwu Tea Dragon and Phoenix Round Cake has not been produced yet, but the promotion has begun. Wu Haogu even invited several talented men from the top ten Jinshi in high school to write poems to praise Yunwu Tea!
In addition, Zhao Ji would also give the first batch of Yunwu tribute tea sent from Haizhou to all civil and military Jinshi when he was giving a banquet in Qionglin.
In short, you must stir-fry Yunwu Tea in the shortest time to make it the best famous tea in the world.
"What a real thing? Bai Siwen of the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce?"
Wu Haogu closed a "Wenquxing" magazine that was about to be released on the day of Donghuamen's singing, and looked up at the visiting Madam Mo.
"Do you recognize him too?" Wu Haogu had almost forgotten this Bai Siwen.
"Recognize it." Madam Mo smiled, "Quanzhou Aladdin Chamber of Commerce... that is a famous big chamber of commerce, and it has a semicolon in Haizhou.
This time he came to Kaifeng, and I think he wanted to open a semicolon for the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce in Jiehe Commercial City, right?"
"Well," Wu Haogu nodded, "They can go to Jiehe. Jiehe Market is a place where visitors from all directions are welcome."
Madam Mo smiled faintly: "But are they big-sized people or believe in the Tianfang Sect!"
Chapter completed!